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Central Sulawesi (Indonesian Sulawesi Tengah) is a province of Indonesia located at the centre of the island of Sulawesi. Its capital and largest city is Palu. The 2010 census recorded a population of 2,633,420 for the province.
Established in 1964, Central Sulawesi has an area of 61,841.29 km² (23,877 sq mi).^[1] It is bordered by the provinces of Gorontalo to the north, West Sulawesi, South Sulawesi and South East Sulawesi to the south, by Maluku to the east, and by the Makassar Strait to the west.

Central Sulawesi Sulawesi Tengah
Province
Mountains, rice fields and pile houses near Palu
Flag Seal
Motto: Maliu Ntinuvu (Palu) (Unites All The Elements and The Potential that Exists)
Location of Central Sulawesi in Indonesia
Coordinates: 1°00′S 121°00′ECoordinates: 1°00′S 121°00′E
Country	Indonesia
Capital	Palu
Government
• Governor	Drs. H. Longki Djanggola, M.Si (Great Indonesia Movement Party)
Area
• Total	61,841.29 km2 (23,877.06 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	2,633,402
• Density	43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Demographics
• Ethnic groups	Butung (23%), Kaili (20%), Bugis (19%), Tolaki (16%), Muna (15%), Gorontaloan (7%)
• Religion	Islam (76.6%), Protestantism (17.3%), Roman Catholicism (3.2%), Hinduism (2.7%), Buddhism (0.16%)
• Languages	Indonesian (official)
Time zone	WITA (UTC+8)
Website	www.sulteng.go.id

Administrative divisions

Central Sulawesi is divided into ten regencies and one independent city (Palu), which are listed below with their (provisional) populations at the 2010 Census.

Name	Area (km2)	Population Census 2000	Population Census 2010	Capital
Buol Regency		98,005	132,381	Buol
Toli-Toli Regency		173,525	211,283	Toli-Toli
Parigi Moutong Regency	6,232	*	413,645	Parigi
Palu (city)		269,083	335,297	Palu
Donggala Regency	10,472	732,126	277,236	Banawa
Sigi Regency	5,196	*	214,700	Sigi Biromaru
Poso Regency		232,765	209,252	Poso
Tojo Una-Una Regency		#	137,880	Ampana
Morowali Regency		160,797	206,189	Bungku
Banggai Regency		271,725	323,872	Luwuk
Banggai Islands Regency		141,175	171,685	Banggai
Total Province	61,841	2,175,993	2,633,420	Palu

* The 2000 Census populations for Parigi Moutong Regency and Sigi Regency are included in the figure for Donggala Regency.

# The 2000 Census population for Tojo Una-Una Regency is included in the figure for Poso Regency.

Palu is the provincial capital and the province's largest city. Other towns include Ampana, Banggai, Bungku, Buol, Donggala, Kolonodale, Luwuk, Parigi, Poso, and Toli-toli.

Demographics

The decennial 2010 census recorded a population of 2,633,420 for the province, of which 1,349,225 are male. The population grew an average of 1.94% annually from the previous census.^[2]There is some sort of religion interaction problems in this area^[3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1971	913,662	—
1980	1,289,635	+41.2%
1990	1,711,327	+32.7%
1995	1,938,071	+13.2%
2000	2,218,435	+14.5%
2010	2,635,009	+18.8%
Source: Badan Pusat Statistik 2010

Average annual population growth between 1990 and 2000 was 2.57% and 1.96% from 2000 to 2010.

Seaweed production

Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi is projected to be the biggest seaweed producer in Indonesia for the near future. The seaweed farming types are glaciria.^[4] In 2010, Central Sulawesi produced nearly 800,000 tons of seaweed.^[5]

Lore Lindu National Park

Lore Lindu National Park is in the highlands south of Palu,

History

Megalithic stone in Central Sulawesi

There are over 400 granite megaliths in the area of the Lore Lindu National Park, of which about 30 represent human forms. They vary in size from a few centimetres to approximately4.5 metres (15 ft). The original purpose of the megaliths is unknown.^[6] Other megaliths are in form of large pots (Kalamba) and stone plates (Tutu'na). Various archaeological studies have dated the carvings from between 3000 BC to 1300 AD.^[7] The Islam reached the region in the 17th Century, short after the islamic avowal of Gowa, the powerful kingdom at the South part of the Sulawesi island. The Dutch colonial rule became established in the 18th Century and began the protestantic missionary of the population. About the quartier of them are now Protestant, which is the highest percentage over the Indonesien archipelago. After the japanese occupation in the Second world war, the Region belonged to the Province North Sulawesi and separated in 1964 to the new formed Province Central Sulawesi. Between 1999 and 2001 the Region has been plagued by inter religious violence between Moslems and Christians, where over 1,000 people were killed.^[8] The Malino II Accord was thus made in 2001. However, riots erupted again in September 2006 on the Christian dominated areas of Central Sulawesi, after the execution by firing squad of three Roman Catholics convicted of leading Christian militants during the violence of the early first decade of the 21st century. ^[9] The riots appeared to be aimed at government authorities, not Muslims.^[9]

Paragliding Open Tournament

In June 2011, an 'Indonesia Open' Paragliding Tournament in which 8 foreign countries participated was held in the province. The participating countries were Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Romania, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, France, Russia and the Philippines.^[10]